Archives West Finding Aid

This collection dates primarily from the 1940's and reflects the efforts of the University to collect information on students and alumni who served in World War II. Correspondence from the President's office consists of letters sent to families (folders 2-3) regarding tributes which the University sent them, and letters requesting photographs (folders 4-11) needed to make up a brochure on those who served in World War II. Both these sequences of correspondence include letters from the families to the president. In the correspondence about the brochure there is also often a photograph of individual service members. The Registrar's office kept a file of newspaper clippings on the activities of all students and alumni who served in the war; there is occasional correspondence included. That sequence (folders 16-33) comprises the bulk of material in the collection. A small but interesting sequence is the correspondence from servicemen to the assistant editor of the "Agriculturalist" (folder 12) in which they recount their experiences. The only material from World War I is newspaper clippings (folder 15).

INDEX

The index provides a guide that identifies most folders containing materials pertaining to a given individual, even though these may be scattered by the arrangement of the collection. Folders 1 and 13 are not included in the index.